USS Perry (1843)

Brig USS Perry (left) confronting American slave ship Martha off Ambriz, June 6, 1850.
History
United States
Builder	Norfolk Navy Yard
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	May 1843
Commissioned	13 October 1843
Decommissioned	29 April 1865
Fate	Sold 10 August 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	280 tons
Length	105 ft (32 m)
Beam	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draft	13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)
Propulsion	sail
Complement	67
Armament	two 32-pounder guns six 32-pounder carronades

USS Perry was a brig commissioned by the United States Navy prior to the American Civil War. She was tasked by the Navy for various missions, including those related to diplomatic tensions with Paraguay, the Mexican–American War, the slave trade, and the American Civil War. She was probably named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.